A wave of anger and disapproval swept social media over a music video that was intended to celebrate China’s solidarity with the Philippines in fighting the coronavirus. Netizens raged after watching the video of the song “Iisang Dagat (One Sea),” coproduced by the Chinese Embassy and featuring Camarines Sur Vice Gov. and “Jukebox Queen” Imelda Papin, Chinese diplomat Xia Wenxin, Chinese-Filipino singer Jhonvid Bangayan and Chinese actor Yu Bin performing the song with Chinese and Filipino lyrics. Uploaded on YouTube on April 24, the video has tallied 73,000 dislikes and 792 likes as of this writing. Thousands more vented their ire through Facebook, as well as on the Twitter account of Papin’s daughter Maffi Papin Carrion.

Concepcion, P., & Ostria, R. A. (2020, April 26). Chinese embassy’s ‘One Sea’ video draws wave of anger. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.